We are pleased to announce that we are a hiring a program assistant to support the day-to-day operations of our AI Research Program. View more details and apply here: www.lawfaremedia.org/resources/la...

Program Assistant, Artificial Intelligence

The Lawfare Institute—publisher of information and insight at the intersection of national security, law and policy—seeks a motivated full-time program assistant for our AI Research Program

lawfaremedia.org

The most insightful thing I have ever heard about Russia is from a historian who said that for centuries Russia has always tried to destabilise its neighbours and in the shrinking world we are all its neighbours now.

Lizzie Dearden@lizziedearden.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...

this is one of the many small changes Trump is making in his attempt to manipulate the midterms

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump Thursday dismissed all remaining commissioners on the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), a bipartisan federal agency created to help states administer elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

youtu.be/xrzQjU560Gs?... Wonderful series!!!

Introducing: 250 to 250

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

youtu.be

EXCITING NEWS. WE’RE HIRING! The Nuclear Information Project at FAS is hiring for a full-time, early career position to support both research and operations. Please share widely and apply by June 28! @scientistsorg.bsky.social fas.org/career/resea...

Research and Program Associate, Nuclear Information Project - Federation of American Scientists

The Federation of American Scientists is seeking a Research and Program Associate to join our Nuclear Information Project team.

fas.org

Hmmm. This seems relevant. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

The Art of Coercion by Reid B. C. Pauly | eBook | Cornell University Press

The Art of Coercion presents a fresh explanation for the success—and failure—of coercive demands in international politics.Strong states are surprisingly bad at coercion. History shows they prevail...

cornellpress.cornell.edu

"You cannot celebrate European civilization while simultaneously attacking the legal and political order invented here, or while openly seeking to undermine the institutions that protect pluralism and dissent" An answer to Vance and Rubio: www.erstestiftung.org/en/a-speech-...

A Speech to Europe 2026 »The European Moment« - ERSTE Foundation

In her speech »The European Moment«, Anne Applebaum warns of global threats to democracy and the EU and calls for greater European sovereignty and cohesion.

erstestiftung.org

Don't believe me? This is the opening paragraph (published in @intsecurity.bsky.social in '08 but written several years before that).

#Orbis wants to be a venue for exploring the impact of technology on geopolitics and likely shifts in alliances and the direction and tenor of U.S. global engagement. From our relaunch event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpsR...

(Re)Introducing Orbis: The Spring 2026 Issue

YouTube video by Foreign Policy Research Institute

youtube.com

Thought experiment (certainly not original): how and how much better would US and global security be if the US had provided all the munitions it has used against Iran since 2/28 to Ukraine instead? (Yes, yes, Ukraine cannot use some of the munitions, lacks the platforms, but in general). Discuss.

IISS is looking for a drone researcher! (I started my career counting drones for IISS’s military balance) www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...

Exclusive: Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating — even indirectly — in the war.

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say

The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

washingtonpost.com

We @apln.network are pleased to partner with @carnegieendowment.org & Nautilus Institute on new paper series exploring dynamics around nuclear signaling and threats. The launch discussion for the first of these is Tues Feb 10 at 0900 EST - sign up today! carnegieendowment.org/events/2026/...

Bluff or Death? How to Assess Nuclear “Threats”

In turbulent times, the less precise our nuclear discourse, the more fear nuclear manipulators can elicit.

carnegieendowment.org

Some eye-popping cost estimates for the battleship, courtesy of Eric Labs of the Congressional Budget Office. 1 BBG could buy up to 7 DDGs (which, btw is 128 VLS cells and 12 CPS cells vs 672 VLS cells). In the words of the immortal Ron O’Rourke, which came first: the program or the analysis?

Five years ago.

*6-3 So this was a HUGE question mark, and it’s fascinating that they decided this way. The statute (32 USC 12406) at its inception MUST have meant the regular armed forces (as few/none of the other forces existed at the time, and it was about making the NG a federal reserve component of the Army)..

Steven Mazie@stevenmazie.bsky.social · 10mo ago

BREAKING: by an apparent vote of 7–2, the Supreme Court has *denied* President Trump‘s plea to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago

Research Assistant (War Studies) King's College London - School of Security Studies School Office #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK464/r...

Research Assistant (War Studies) at King's College London

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Research Assistant (War Studies) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

jobs.ac.uk

Signs mounting that U.S. plans to bomb Venezuela, ostensibly with the goal of toppling the regime. Unfortunately the track record of this kind of campaign is uniformly poor. A short thread. 1/8 www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Pentagon Orders Aircraft Carrier to the Caribbean

The move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign to target drug smugglers and threaten governments in Latin America.

wsj.com

Must read thread by the best person to read on these issues!

Lindsay P Cohn@lindsaypcohn.bsky.social · last yr.

Gov will definitely appeal and will prbly rely on the 1827 SCOTUS ruling in Martin v Mott, that discretion to determine whether an insurrection or failure to enforce federal law is happening rests w the prez alone and is not reviewable.

Looking forward to reading this one!

Paul Poast@profpaulpoast.bsky.social · last yr.

IR Book of the Week! "Why Democracies Fight Dictators" by @madisonschramm.bsky.social. International politics is not a domain of cold calculation. It invokes emotions. Anger is especially prominent, and helps explain why democracies choose to fight dictatorships.

The @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social is searching for a tenure line position in Technology and Global Affairs at the Assistant or Associate level. I am chairing the committee and happy to talk with anyone who is interested. Please share! jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...

Looking forward to reading this (and assigning chapters for my fall class)! Listen to the podcast; www.hoover.org/publications..., and buy the book!

So agent Krasnov has a friend in the house ..

👋 Hello, we're the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)! We are very happy to join @bsky.app, and thrilled to announce that our website, www.usip.org, is back online! We look forward connecting here and bringing you useful content, resources and opportunities for peacebuilders around the world.

Now you can call it a come back podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... @sirenspod.bsky.social

Thanks to Zachary Davis (cgsr.llnl.gov) for the opportunity to contribute to this important volume -- part historical record/part "cookbook" for Track 1.5/2.0 engagements with India and Pakistan. I learned a great deal from both organizers and participants. cgsr.llnl.gov/sites/cgsr/f...

"Suddenly, and not accidentally, people who work for the American federal government are having the same experience as people who find themselves living under foreign occupation" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing

How regime change happens in America

theatlantic.com

Good, and among the most detailed, articles I've seen talking about wargaming done at the Naval War College by the various Halsey groups. A few other hardy perennials in there about the Navy and who they send to in-residence PME and what should be taught at NWC. cimsec.org/building-war...

Anyone out there who can lend a hand/contact?

Dr. Danielle Lupton@proflupton.bsky.social · 2y ago

Does anyone have contacts for DC based reporters who cover national security and/or defense policy (broadly defined) who might be interested in speaking to my students? #civmilsky #poliscisky #academicsky